Intro
| G | Em | G | Em |
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| G | Em |
| I get up in the | evening |
| G | Em | G |
| And I | ain’t got nothing to | say |
| G | Em |
| I come home in the | morning |
| G | Em | C |
| I go to bed | feeling the same wa | y |
| Am | |
| I ain’t nothing but t | ired |
| C | Am | G |
| Man I’m just | tired and bored with my | self |
| G | Em | G | Em | D |
| Hey there b | aby | I could u | se just a little help |
The IV here is not in the original
| D | G | G/F# | C |
| You can’t start a fire, you can’t start a | fire with | out a sp | ark |
| Am | C | Am | G | |
| This gun’s for | hire | even if we’re just | dancing in the d | ark |
| G | Em | G | Em |
| G | Em |
| Messages keep getting | clearer |
| G | Em | G |
| Radio’s on and I’m | moving round the pla | ce |
| G | Em |
| I check my look in the m | irror |
| G | Em | C |
| I wanna change my c | lothes, my hair, my face |
| C | Am |
| Man I ain’t getting n | owhere |
| C | Am | G |
| I’m just li | ving in a dump like th | is |
| G | Em |
| There’s something happening some | where |
| G | Em | D |
| Baby | I just know there i | s |
| D | G | G/F# | C |
| You can’t start a fire, you can’t start a | fire with | out a sp | ark |
| Am | C | Am | G | |
| This gun’s for | hire | even if we’re just | dancing in the d | ark |
| G | Em | G | Em |
Bridge
| Em | G |
| You sit around getting ol | der |
| C | D | Em |
| There’s a joke here somewh | ere and it’s on | me |
| Em | G |
| I’ll shake this world off my s | houlders |
| C | D |
| Come on baby the l | augh’s on me |
| G | Em |
| Stay on the streets of t | his town |
| G | Em | G |
| And they’ll be | carving you up all righ | t |
| G | Em |
| They say you gotta stay | hungry |
| G | Em | C |
| Hey baby I’m | just about starving tonigh | t |
| C | Am |
| I’m dying for some | action |
| C | Am | G |
| I’m sick of sitting ‘round | here trying to write this | book |
| G | Em | G | Em | D |
| I need a love rea | ction, | come on now b | aby gimme just one l | ook |
| D | G | G/F# | C |
| You can’t start a fire, sitting round c | rying over a b | roken he | art |
| Am | C | Am | D | |
| This gun’s for | hire | even if we’re just | dancing in the d | ark |
| D | G | G/F# | C |
| You can’t start a fire worrying about your | little world f | alling ap | art |
| Am | C | Am | G | Em | |
| This gun’s for | hire | even if we’re just | dancing in the da | rk |
| G | Em | G | Em |
| Even if we’re just | dancing in the d | ark |
| G | Em | G | Em |
| Even if we’re just | dancing in the d | ark |
| G | Em | G |
| Even if we’re just | dancing in the d | ark |